Page 8 | To think if you have enough money to travel frequently, the UK is the best place in the world to live

Beefybaby · 2026-10-16T12:48:14+00:00

We have our humor, our countryside, the food here is great in the sense you can have all cuisines, and if you can travel abroad regularly for sunshine snd enjoying the rest of the world, you can't beat it

Timeforachange26 · Today 19:39

Rollercoaster1920 · 16/10/2026 15:04

Ignoring the pros and cons of living in a place, I think it depends where you would want to travel to.

London is very well connected to the world with direct and connecting flights, and we speak English which is pretty much the default global language (for now). A British passport is pretty good for access as a tourist without visas, and other visas are generally low cost and easy to obtain.

Australasia is a long way away. Arguably the middle east is a better hub to be closer to Asia, but further from the variety of Europe and of course the US.

Perhaps a more central European country might make European travel easier (travel time, train options and Shengen rules).

I found Istanbul rates higher than Heathrow for connections: https://www.oag.com/megahubs-airports-2025

London works for us. I love the connectivity (but don't love the plane noise!)

I'd base myself in Thailand. Can get flights to UK and NZ in about 12 hours so pretty central. And easy hops all round asih

Mind you it's unlikely I'd visit UK mucj

Timeforachange26 · Today 19:42

RipTurkeytwizzlers · Today 09:19

Northern Ireland is in the UK, so you do indeed intend to live in the UK again 😂

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I'd assume she means the northern island of Japan

Nimblebinble · Today 19:52

Expat Brit here, living in Nelson Nz. Paradise here- amazing weather, vibrant small city, the most beautiful scenery on the doorstep, kiwi humour is great (Flight of the Conchords anyone?). Distance from everywhere else seems like a positive when Trump and Putin rattling their sabres. In a few years we’ll be retired and will come back to the uk for a couple of months during Nz winter for our culture fix. Life is good.

Timeforachange26 · Today 20:03

Emskies · Today 13:52

As someone who moved here from New Zealand - London is the best city in the world! Much better than NZ

See I love new Zealand. Well south island anyway. Hokitika is my favourite. Auckland not so much.

Barrydoughnut · Today 21:33

I loved Nelson. Abel Tasman National park and split apple rock. Every time I neck some NZ Sauvignon blanc I think of it.

Flamingojune · Today 21:49

Rollercoaster1920 · 16/10/2026 15:04

Ignoring the pros and cons of living in a place, I think it depends where you would want to travel to.

London is very well connected to the world with direct and connecting flights, and we speak English which is pretty much the default global language (for now). A British passport is pretty good for access as a tourist without visas, and other visas are generally low cost and easy to obtain.

Australasia is a long way away. Arguably the middle east is a better hub to be closer to Asia, but further from the variety of Europe and of course the US.

Perhaps a more central European country might make European travel easier (travel time, train options and Shengen rules).

I found Istanbul rates higher than Heathrow for connections: https://www.oag.com/megahubs-airports-2025

London works for us. I love the connectivity (but don't love the plane noise!)

Surely plane noise depends where you live in london

elQuintoConyo · Today 22:22

As much as I love visiting the UK, and showing DD around, I couldn't move back here (it's been 30 years).
We're in the Spanish Pyrenees, near Andorra.